Can I Filter Out Requests Based on the Request Body in HTTP Event Source?

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Question about http event source: Can i filter out request based on the request body, so it won’t be created as an event

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Yes, you can filter out requests based on the request body using a code step right after the HTTP / Webhook trigger in your workflow. Here’s an example of how you might do this: import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"; export default defineComponent({ props: { http: { type: "app", app: "http", }, }, async run({ steps, $ }) { const body = steps.trigger.event.body; if (body.includes("your_filter_condition")) { $.export("filtered", true); return; } // Continue with your workflow }, }); In this example, replace "your_filter_condition" with the condition you want to filter on. If the condition is met, the workflow will end early and not process the event further. Please note that this is a simple example and you might need to adjust the code to suit your specific needs. For example, if the body is a JSON object, you might need to parse it first with JSON.parse(body) and then check for specific properties.

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Hi , I think you can use Pipedream Filter actions for this. So your workflow will only continue when a certain condition is met, this will help to resuce the limit consumed by the workflow

Though I think the best way to solve is to change how you send request to Pipedream, to only send relevant event

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Thanks LEO.
The reason why i want to prevent the event for being created, is that i only need 10% of the incoming events.

And that it cost a credit for each event created

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I was thinking of creating an if statement here…

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Okay if you’d like to develop a custom http source for you usecase, you can refer to the guidlines here https://pipedream.com/docs/components/quickstart/nodejs/sources/#emit-items-in-an-rss-feed

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Yes, that is just what I need.
Is it just me, or can’t i create a custom source via the UI?

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Yeah for now it’s not possible to create source on UI. If you want to create custom source, you’ll need to do some coding in your local machine

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Okay.
I Can see that we can do it this way also:

  1. Create a http source
  2. Edit the code of that http source
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Thank for helping